HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of July 15, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Northern California and The Permanente Medical Group, Inc., CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- July 15, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9801, row:940)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Northern California and The Permanente Medical Group, reported that an employee impermissibly accessed the medical records of 3,435 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, email addresses, clinical information, phone numbers, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE revised its policies and procedures and sanctioned the workforce member involved.